A search is underway for a woman trapped beneath rubble after a townhouse collapsed in Sydney's west following a large explosion as rescuers compare the scene to the Thredbo landslide disaster.
Rescue teams are working around the clock to painstakingly comb through the ruins of a collapsed townhouse, desperate to find a woman feared trapped alive. An explosion on Waikanda Crescent at Whalan, in Sydney's west, levelled most of the two-storey home just before 1pm on Saturday, blowing out windows and damaging a neighbouring townhouse. NSW Fire and Rescue Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell on Sunday said crews remained hopeful of safely retrieving the woman feared trapped beneath.
Jackhammers and chainsaws are also being used to break up the rubble. Fewtrell said rescue teams were hampered by a series of setbacks while searching through the night. "There's been a range of complications throughout the operation," he said. "The job of rescue is to work their way through and try and find spaces in that collapse area where someone might have been caught.
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